USMC 100229: SATS airstrip, Quantico tests

Item Description
Title
USMC 100229: SATS airstrip, Quantico tests

Citation information
USMC 100229: SATS airstrip, Quantico tests. (MH-9546A; R-5-27.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/2439

Marine Corps Library Number
3596-16

Additional identifiers
MH-9546A; R-5-27

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 100229

Decade
1960

Date
1962-05-16

Description
Opening shots made aboard unidentified aircraft carrier (dated May 16th, 1960). Followed by films made at Quantico MCAS in July and August of 1962. These scenes show the assembly of SATS airfield.

Location(s)
Quantico (Va.)

Camera crew
H. L. Shipp; J. W. Nugent

Producing entity
East Coast Motion Picture Unit (ECMPU) (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed May 16th, 1960, and in July and August, 1962.

Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
Color

Original audio
Silent

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Reversal: Positive

Original physical length
400

Original aspect ratio
1.37:1 (Academy)

Original media type
Motion pictures (visual works)

Language
English

Contributing organization
University of South Carolina. Moving Image Research Collections


Digital collection name
United States Marine Corps Films


Rights information
Public Domain. For further information please contact Moving Image Research Collections, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208.

Digital media type
Moving Image

Date digital file created
09/03/2019

Digitization information
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye.

Digital runtime
13:54

Digital file type
video/H264